... and one across the James at Chaffin's Bluff; and additional pontoon trains were provided in case they should be needed.
Anticipating the necessity for the abandonment of Richmond and Petersburg, General Lee , during the winter of 1864-65, required the engineer troops to rebuild Bevill's Bridge over the Appomattox River west of Petersburg, and to send a pontoon bridge to the Staunton River in Charlotte Co...